David Russell

UTSA School of Music will welcome Grammy-winning classical guitar virtuoso David Russell to the UTSA Recital Hall this Spring for a concert featuring his 2024 USA program. The pieces on his program are from well-known Spanish composers like J. Broca’s Pensamiento Espanol, Bendetto Marcello’s Sonata, and F. Moreno Torroba’s Castillos de España. Russell will also present a classical guitar arrangement of J.S. Bach’s Flute Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034.  Alongside the performance, a slideshow presentation will give audiences beautiful depictions of these places to accompany the music they will hear.

An international phenom, Russell was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Guitar Foundation of America in 2018 and has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London since 1997. Russell is admired in many parts of Europe with a rich history in classical guitar, like Spain, where he was named an honorary member of the oldest guitar society in the country, “Amigos de la Guitarra.”

Russell’s performance at UTSA will occur on April 20th at 7:30 p.m. at the UTSA Recital Hall on Main Campus. Admission is free.